My 150 Favorite Movies - #77

Hopscotch (1980)

A classy, romantic comedy starring two of my favorites, Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, which somehow involves the CIA and spying hijinx. Thoroughly enjoyable, in a way that most movies are not, in other words, you can laugh without guilt or remorse. Everyone involved here is a-list: directed by Ronald Neame, with a screenplay by Bryan Forbes and Brian Garfield, from Garfield's novel. The supporting cast is made up of such top-of-the-line character actors as Sam Waterston, Herbert Lom and Ned Beatty.